Carpenter&#39;s tool-bag.



M. N. SIMPSON.

CARPENTERS TOOL BAG. 1 APPLICATION FILED JULY 20. 1914.

Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT ()FFICEQ MYRON N. SIMPSON, OF GLASTONLBURY, CONNECTICUT.

CARPENTERS TOOL-BAG.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MYRON N. SIMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glastonbury, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Carpenters Tool-Bag, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more especially to Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

Application filed July 20, 1914. Serial No. 851,934.

tion of depth of the side 6 but not below the point indicated by the dotted line 13. This stitching provides a center pocket 11 and end pockets 12, the former being preferably closed by a flap 14. The smaller tools may be carried in these pockets in'such manner as to avold injury to them as by contact with others.

means for transporting a small equipment That part of the strip extending'below of tools usually required for small jobs, and an object of my invention, among others, is to provide a bag in which the tools most commonly required by carpenters may be compactly arranged and carried without injury thereto.

' One form of bag embodying my invention and in the construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of my improved tool bag in its closed condition. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same with the flap open and parts broken away to show construction. Fig. 3 is a view in cross section through the bag on a plane passing through the center pocket. Fig. 1 is a view of the lag secured in one of the folded forms to which it readily adapts itself.

The bag constructed as shown in the accompanying drawings has the sides 6 and 7 united at their ends and constituting a main pocket, a flap 8 extending from the upper edge of the side 6 and being of a widthto fold over and close the open edge of the pocket. Loops 9 are arranged on opposite sides of the main pocket, preferably just at one side of a line dividing the pocket lengthwise, so that said loops will not be on saidline when the bag is folded lengthwise at the center. Straps 10 extend around the bag and through the loops 9, andthese loops and straps are also so arranged that the bag may be folded crosswise, as on the dottedan apron 15 depending within the bag and extending preferably for its whole length, the distance between the upper edge of this the bottom of the pockets above described, 6- and denoted by the dotted line 13, constitutes apron or bottom of the pockets 12 and the 7 bottom of the bag being equal to or slightly greater than the width of saws. The apron 15 may be lifted so that the saw may be readily placed in the saw compartment underneath the pockets 12, and the apron being then placed" over the saws the edges of the latter are protected from injury, and any tools or material desired may be placed in 1 the main compartment of the bag located between the side 7 and the pockets 12 and apron 15. A handle 16 is secured to that edge of the bag opposite the fold at the edge of the flap 8 so that minimum strain is placed upon the bag that therefore retains its proper form when being carried with 85 tools therein.

When saws are carried in the bag it may be arranged as shown .in Fig. 1, or it may be folded lengthwise on the dotted line bb,

which will be at a point between the edges of the saws and'the upper edge of the bag. In this case should the bag be folded so that the flap 8, is within the folded ,parts the straps being removed from the loops on that side shown in Fig. 1 may be engaged at 5 their ends and thus hold the bag in this position. Should there be no saws the bag may be folded on the lines a a as hereinbefore set out, and it will thus be seen that the arrangement of the straps and loops is such as to enable the bag to be readily folded into a compact form depending upon the nature of the contents of the bag and the handle 16 will always be in a position to balance the bag for carrying purposes.

While Ihave shown and described herein a satisfactory form of bag embodying my idea, this may be departed from to a greater or lesser degree and yet be Within the spirit and intentof the invention.

I claim:

1. A carpenters tool. bag comprising an inclosed main pocket, supplemental pockets located at one edge of the main pocket, a saw compartment arranged at the opposite edge of the main pocket, an apron extending Within the main pocket to cover the saws and protect their edges, and means for closing the open edge of the main pocket.

2. A carpenters tool. bag comprising an inclosed main pocket closed at its ends and one edge and open at its opposite edge, sup-- plemental pockets located at the upper open edge thereof, a saW compartment located underneath the supplemental pockets, an. apron depending from the lower edge of the supplemental pockets, and means for closing the open edge of the main pocket.

3. A carpenters tool bag comprising a main pocket, a strip of material attached Within and to one side of the main pocket and lengthwise thereof on a line between its top and bottom edges, providing supplemental pockcts and an apron. depending from the bottom of said supplemental pockets, and means for closing the open edge of the bag.

4. A carpenters tool bag comprising a main pocket, a saw compartment located Within said bag at one side of a center line menses lengthwise thereof, loops attached to the outside of said bag at one side of but adjacent to said center line, and straps passing around the bag and through said loops.

5. A carpenters tool bag comprising a main pocket, a saw compartment located Within said bag at one side of a center line lengthwise thereof, loops arranged in pairs flap to close the open edge of the bag and also said series of pockets, and a handle secured to the opposite edge of the bag from said flap.

MYRON N. SIMPSON.

Witnesses 2 A. E. OBRIEN, E. F. Enron. 

